25 Quotes On Money and Wealth

25 Quotes On Money and Wealth

Money problems are probably the biggest complaint people have after health problems. Sometimes we are in so deep (with debt) that we figure there is no way out so we may as well live with it. We tell ourselves that it is a normal part of life, a necessary evil. After all, pretty much everyone we know has some kind of debt. We may think that there is no other option, no other way of doing things and meeting our bill payments.

What comes to mind when you think of the word money? Do you think “I really could do with having more of it?” Do you think of all the bills needing to paid or the things you need to buy, such as groceries and gas for the car? How often do you say “I just can’t afford it?” Does the word money trigger positive feelings or memories, or does it bring up images of lacking?

Below are quotes from various sources with interesting reflections and food for thought on money and wealth:

(1) Too many people spend money they earned..to buy things they don’t want..to impress people that they don’t like. –Will Rogers

(2) Every day is a bank account, and time is our currency. No one is rich, no one is poor, we’ve got 24 hours each. –Christopher Rice

(3) Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. –Thomas Edison

(4) Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. –Ayn Rand

(5) Try to save something while your salary is small; it’s impossible to save after you begin to earn more. –Jack Benny

(6) Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” –Joe Biden

(7) He who loses money loses much; He who loses a friend loses much more; He who loses faith loses all.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

(8) “A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.” — Jonathan Swift

(9) “If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.” — Socrates

(10) “It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” — Seneca

(11) “You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.” — Maya Angelou

(12) “Many folks think they aren’t good at earning money when what they don’t know is how to use it.” — Frank A. Clark

( 13) “Money often costs too much.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

(14) “A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.” –Dave Ramsey

(15) “Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.” –Benjamin Franklin

(16) “Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man.”-Kahlil Gibran

(17) “Never spend your money before you have it.” –Thomas Jefferson

(18) “The person who doesn’t know where his next dollar is coming from usually doesn’t know where his last dollar went.” – unknown

(19) “The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.” – unknown

(20) “Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.” – Norman Vincent Peale

(21) Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn

(22) “It’s not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It’s the customer who pays the wages.” – Henry Ford

(23) “When a fellow says it ain’t the money but the principle of the thing, it’s the money.” – Artemus Ward

(24) “Money is good for nothing unless you know the value of it by experience.” – P.T Barnum

(25) “Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe